Metallic barrel



H. W. AVERY.

METALLIC BARREL. APPLncATloN FILED Nov.2z, 1914.

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' Y METALLIC BARREL.

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` 'Specification of Letters fatent. Patented May 13, 1919..

` Application filed November 27, 1914. Serial No. 874,132.

To all whom t may concern: I

Be it known that I, HENRY W. AVERY, a citizen of the United States, residingv at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Uhio, have invented a certainy new and useful lmprovement in Metallic Barrels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. f j j The object of this invention is to produce, at comparatively small cost, a metallic barrel which shall correspond substantially in shape and size to the ordinary wooden barrel, but which shall be suiiicie'ntly strong to stand the strains and jars of use. i

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts shown inthe drawing and hereinafter described and definitely pointed out in the appended claims.

lln the drawing Figure 1 is a vertical central section of a metallic barrel embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a section through one of the chimes of the barrel showing one form of reinforcing Aring therein;"'Fig. 3 1s a similar section showing another form of reinforcing ring.

Referringl tothe parts by letters A and B represent t e two end members, which are, or may be, exactly alike. Each includes a head 10, a body portion12, and an intermediate outwardly projecting U-shaped annular chime 13, all of which may be formed from one piece of metal by drawin the same into the required shape with suitable The open ends of these two cylinder members A and'B are united by a connecting ring D which is made of threepieces fitted one within thel other and connected by brazing or otherwise. rllhese pieces include a spacing ring 14 which is of such width that it fits between and engages the adjacent ends of the two members A and B; the outer ring 17 which is considerably wider than the ring 14 and which, when the parts are assembled, overlaps and tightly ends of the two members A and B; and the inner ring7 18 which is somewhat wider than the outer ring 17 and lits within and overlaps the adjacent ends Aof both members A and B.

The outer surface of the ring 18, that is,

of the parts thereof which project above and below the spacing ring 14 are slightly convex, while the inner surface of the outer ring 17, that is, the parte thereof which project above and belovY the spacing ring 14, are

fitsupon the adj acent slightly concave.

This leaves a space be- Y tween the separated parts of these rings 17 and 18 which substantially fits the inner and outer surfaces of the two barrel members of the two rings 17 and 1,8 which project below the spacing ring, until said upper edge engages the lower edge ofthe spacingl member 14. The lower edge of the upper member is driven down between the flanges formed bythe parts of the rings 17 and 18 which project above the spacing ring 14 until its said lower edge engages the upper edge of the spacing member.

Some suitable means must then be 'employed to permanently secure these three parts together. This may be accomplished by brazing or welding, or any other analogous or well-known method. But the resulting barrel will be stronger yand better whether or not 'the overlapping parts described are brazed or welded, provided said overlapping parts are made toy interlock l substantially, as shown. y

That Iis to say, each of the endmembers A and B is formed with an inwardly bent annular groove 19 near its edge; and this also produces an internal annular rib 19a. The flanges, that is'to say, theupwardly and downwardly proj eoting parts of the ring 18 are likewise bent so that they will have the annular external grooves 20. These grooves 19 and 20 are 4so located on the said parts that when the openl ends of the two members A andv B havebeen driven in between the rings 17 and 18, the ribs 19a will lproject into, and interlock with, the grooves 20. The parts .of the ring 17 which project above and below the spacing ring 14 are made of such width that after the parts have been assembled, as stated, the outer edges of said parts may be bent inward so as to project into the external grooves 19 in the two bodies. Thus each endA member is thereby 'made to interlock with the two flanges of the bandbetween which it projects.

The U -shaped outwardly projecting chimes 13 may be reinforced internally by metal rings E which are fitted into them and substantially fill them, but do beyond heads.

crescent shape in section, as shown in Fig. 2,

Y not project the adjacent inner surfaces of the These reinforcing rings may be.

rounded, as shown in Fig.3.

and preferably are, secured in the chimes by spot (welding. The relnforeing rings, as

hereinshown, canbe put into the annular grooves -which form the inside ofthe chimes last drawing operation.-l

just before the- They will, therefore, serve as a part of the inside die, and will thereby on their eXternal surface conform exactly with the inner surfaces against which they engage.

Before assembling the three parts of the barrel, said parts may Abe galvanized or otherwise coated both inside and out. This coating material will certainly close the joints between the reinforcing rings and the inner surface of the chimes, and therefore h the entry of any fluid between said reinforcing -rings and the surface of the barrel will be prevented. When -the band and the two parts of the'ba'rrel have been properly coated, and have beenl assembled and connected, as described, the barrel is completed soffar asmany uses are concerned. For Some uses, and particularly for'holding liquids, it may be desirable to galvanize the joints between the body .members and the flanges of the band ,between which they lie.

member, the ltwo upwardly extended flanges v .the lower part of the Generally speaking, this may be accomplished in--a satlsfactory degree by the application ofthe galvanizing or other coating material tothe outside of the barrel, and

groove, and each overlapping body part having at av distance from its end an inwardly pressed annular rib which vlits in the groove in the associated inside liange.

2.. In a metallic barrel, the combination of two end members each comprising a ead and a body which is integral with the head, with an intermediate annular' band that is composed of three connected annular pieces, viz.: a spacing member which fits between and' abuts the ends of both bodies,

` andan inner 'annulus which lits within the particularly'to the-joints between the'same` and the vtwo external flanges 15 and l.v

Having described my invention, I claim: 1. In a metallic barrel, the .combination of two end members each comprising a head and a body part which is integral with the head and is open at the end opposite said head, and an intermediate annular band which between .and 'abuts the parts, and two pairs of concentric ianges which' are connected with and project respectively up and downfrom said spacing includes a spacing member that litsends of both body being respectively outside of andinside of .upper body Aand in intlmate contact therew1th, and the two 'downinside and outside of the upper part of the lower body and in intimate contact therewlth, and each inside ange having at a distance from .its

wardly extended anges being respectively edge an external annularA spacing member and overlaps and lits with- 1n the open ends of the two bodies, and an outer annu-lus 'which fits over the spacing member and overlaps and externally lits the open ends of the two bodies-and the overlapping parts of the two bodies and the inner annulus of the intermediate member being connected 'by interlocking external angnular grooves on each inner annulus and by inwardllybent annular ribs on the overlapping parts of the bodies which project into and fit said annular grooves.

3. In a metallic barrel, the combination of two end members each comprising a head and a body which is integral 'with the head, with an intermediate annular band that is .composedof three connected annular pieces, Viz.: a spacing member which fits between and abutsthe ends of both bodies, and an `inner annulus which lits within the s acing lnward into the annular external grooves on the bodies which are formed when the` in wardly bent ribs are formed thereon.

In testimony whereof,' I hereunto aiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

` HENRY W.l AVERY. Witnesses:

E. B. GmCHRIsT, L. I. PORTER.

lus having its upper and lower edges bent` 

